2026-07-21T17:05:30-06:00 2025-12-31 471435876 Sweeney Accounting LLC PO Box 197 Dane WI 53529 990EZ 2025-01-01 800249204 BIG BLUE & YOU INC % MICHELLE SWABY-SMITH BIGB 9545589664 20200 WEST DIXIE HWY STE 902 MIAMI FL 33180 MICHELLE SWABY-SMITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 9545589664 2026-07-21 true KATRINA SWEENEY P01321073 6082845969 2026-07-21 X 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X WWW.BIGBLUEANDYOU.ORG X X 181841 X 181841 181841 66421 3132 977 43754 114284 67557 66458 134015 X 78053 147518 0 0 0 0 78053 147518 11595 13503 66458 134015 X EDUCATE YOUTH ABOUT OCEAN CONSERVATION SEE SCHEDULE O 0 Other program services 91284 91284 DANIELL SWABY WASHINGTON CHAIRPERSON & TREASURER 20.00 0 0 0 MICHELLE SWABY-SMITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 20.00 0 0 0 BRITTNAY STARKS SECRETARY 2.00 0 0 0 MICHAEL CAIN BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0 0 0 ELLEN B WOODS BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0 0 0 APURVA IYENGAR BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0 0 0 RAEVON REDDING BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0 0 0 MELANIE KNIGHT BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false BEVERLEY HARRIS-ALVAREZ 20200 WEST DIXIE HWY STE 902 MIAMI FL 33180 9545589664 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 89952 80432 90111 118910 181841 561246 89952 80432 90111 118910 181841 561246 220060 341186 1 1 561247 0.60790 0.76550 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Description of other expenses Part I line 16 Description AmountADVERTISING AND PROMOTION 636INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 11,122OFFICE EXPENSES 7,307TRAVEL 21,285CONFERENCE AND EVENT EXPENSES 3,404 Description of total liabilities Part II line 26 Category Beginning of Year End of YearUNSECURED NOTES AND LOANS PAYA 10,788 10,788CREDIT CARD PAYABLE 807 2,715 Other program services Part III line 31 ---BIG BLUE CREW: FROM SCUBA DIVERS TO STUDENTS, AUTHORS TO ACTIVISTS, THE BIG BLUE CREW IS A COMMUNITY OF ADVOCATES WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT INSPIRING OTHERS TO PROTECT THE SEA. MANY OF OUR MIAMI MEMBERS ARE ENGAGED IN OUR PLASTIC FREE CITIES PROGRAM AND IN 2021, MAYOR DAN GELBER FROM THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH DECLARED SEPTEMBER 30TH WILL FOREVER BE CELEBRATED AS BIG BLUE CREW DAY IN MIAMI BEACH ---BRAND AUDIT + COASTAL CLEANUP: BIG BLUE & YOU IS PROUD TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS YEARS INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP WITH AN AMAZING GROUP OF 140+ VOLUNTEERS WHO COLLECTED 1,400 LBS OF MARINE DEBRIS FROM MIAMIS WATSON ISLAND COASTLINE OUR VOLUNTEERS ALSO BECAME CITIZEN SCIENTISTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST PLASTIC POLLUTION BY CONDUCTING A BRAND AUDIT. WE COLLECTED AND LOGGED EVERY PIECE OF TRASH TO IDENTIFY THE TOP POLLUTERS IN THE AREA. THIS CRITICAL DATA FEEDS INTO THE BREAK FREE FROM PLASTIC GLOBAL DATABASE, HELPING EXPOSE CORPORATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLASTIC POLLUTION AND DRIVE POLICY CHANGE, WHILE EMPOWERING YOUTH TO BECOME INFORMED ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES. ---ART BY THE SEA SATELLITE EVENT HOST GUIDE: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 11TH HOUR PROJECT, BIG BLUE & YOU CREATED THE ART BY THE SEA SATELLITE EVENT HOST GUIDE HANDBOOK TO HELP COMMUNITIES BRING THE MAGIC OF OUR SIGNATURE FESTIVAL TO THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. THE HANDBOOK PROVIDES STEP-BY-STEP GUIDANCE FOR HOSTING AN EVENT, OFFERING TOOLS TO ENGAGE COMMUNITIES, INSPIRE CREATIVE EXPRESSION, AND UNITE PEOPLE AROUND A SHARED MISSION TO PROTECT THE OCEAN. BY HOSTING A SATELLITE EVENT, YOUTH LEADERS CAN INSPIRE THEIR PEERS AND COMMUNITIES, SPARK AWARENESS ABOUT OCEAN STEWARDSHIP, AND CREATE LASTING IMPACT, ALL WHILE SHARING THE EXCITEMENT AND CREATIVITY OF ART BY THE SEA IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. ---SEA YOUTH RISE UP (SYRUP): ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND PROTECTING OCEAN HEALTH GO HAND IN HAND, AND YOUNG PEOPLE PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN DRIVING CHANGE. LAUNCHED IN 2016, SEA YOUTH RISE UP (SYRUP) IS A YOUTH-LED INITIATIVE CO-FOUNDED BY BIG BLUE & YOU, THE YOUTH OCEAN CONSERVATION SUMMIT, AND THE OCEAN PROJECT. THE PROGRAM BRINGS TOGETHER PASSIONATE YOUNG OCEAN ADVOCATES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO ELEVATE THEIR VOICES, ADVOCATE FOR POLICY, AND GROW AS CHANGEMAKERS. YOUTH LEADERS TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON D.C. DURING CAPITOL HILL OCEAN WEEK (CHOW) AND WORLD OCEAN DAY FOR IMMERSIVE LEADERSHIP TRAINING, ADVOCACY WORKSHOPS, AND MEETINGS WITH LEGISLATORS AND ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES. THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND EXPERIENCE EQUIPS YOUTH WITH THE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND CONNECTIONS. IN 2025, SEA YOUTH RISE UP WELCOMED A DYNAMIC NEW COHORT OF 17 YOUTH DELEGATES FROM OVER 5 STATES. THEY WERE RECRUITED BY BIG BLUE & YOU, THE OCEAN PROJECT, CLEAN MIAMI BEACH, SCUBANAUTS, PROJECT OCEANOLOGY, THE NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM, AND THE GULF REACH INSTITUTE. OUR DELEGATION MET WITH 14 ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS, INCLUDING POLICYMAKERS, NONPROFIT FOUNDERS, AND FORMER SYRUP DELEGATES. THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, THEY ATTENDED CAPITOL HILL OCEAN WEEK, UPWELL, LOBBIED FOR OCEAN-FRIENDLY LEGISLATION, AND BUILT LASTING CONNECTIONS WITH PEERS AND MENTORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SEA YOUTH RISE UP CONTINUES TO SHOW THAT WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE RISE UP FOR THE OCEAN, REAL CHANGE IS NOT JUST POSSIBLE: ITS ALREADY HAPPENING.